Preorders starting tomorrow? (Nov 29th)

[ulnek]

by the time they release this, motorola will announce their nexus droid. >_<

 

[crzycrkr]

by the time they release this, motorola will announce their nexus droid. >_<

Its been, what, 5 weeks since it was unveiled, and 2 weeks since it was released in Europe? Is that really as long as people keep trying to make it seem?

 

[Premium1]

Its been, what, 5 weeks since it was unveiled, and 2 weeks since it was released in Europe? Is that really as long as people keep trying to make it seem?

Sorry you don't announce something a month before it is ready to be sold, plain and simple. At least apple does that right...

 

[YourMobileGuru]

Sorry you don't announce something a month before it is ready to be sold, plain and simple. At least apple does that right...

Tell that to RIM LOL

 

[thedeceiver]

Sorry you don't announce something a month before it is ready to be sold, plain and simple. At least apple does that right...

Exactly. Apple hypes it.. Then announces it with a shipping date. Usually shortly after the announcement. They get to value of "impulse" buys and excitement.

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[Premium1]

Tell that to RIM LOL

and look where they are now... Same with hp webos....

 

[E.T.]

and look where they are now... Same with hp webos....

Oh snap!

 

[monkeyluis]

by the time they release this, motorola will announce their nexus droid. >_<

Isn't the droid 4000 coming out soon? Idk.

 

[crzycrkr]

Sorry you don't announce something a month before it is ready to be sold, plain and simple. At least apple does that right...

Lol, why is that, for fear of getting a handful of tech nerds and bloggers to throw hussy fits? Give me a break. In the end it will have almost no affect on sales. That's what's plain and simple.

 

[bphelminski]

Lol, why is that, for fear of getting a handful of tech nerds and bloggers to throw hussy fits? Give me a break. In the end it will have almost no affect on sales. That's what's plain and simple.

Exactly. As I pointed out earlier, even if there are 100,000 people on Android forums who know about the "delay", that only represents 0.1% of Verizon's customers. To put that in perspective, Verizon churns 1-2% of their customers every quarter. So somewhere in the neighborhood of 10-20 times the number of people who are upset about this. The reality is, all of us combined don't make up a large enough segment of Verizon's customers to make any difference.

 

[crzycrkr]

Exactly. As I pointed out earlier, even if there are 100,000 people on Android forums who know about the "delay", that only represents 0.1% of Verizon's customers. To put that in perspective, Verizon churns 1-2% of their customers every quarter. So somewhere in the neighborhood of 10-20 times the number of people who are upset about this. The reality is, all of us combined don't make up a large enough segment of Verizon's customers to make any difference.

Lol, yeah, well, they're self important, arrogant, irrational whiners

 

[E.T.]

It's about wants vs. needs. People used to buy things based on need. "Oh, I need a refrigerator to keep food from spoiling!" Apple is very, very good at convincing people that they really, really want something. "I really want an Ipad!" Humans don't need ipads to live. But by marketing each product as the latest and greatest, must-have item, people are convinced to buy things they want even if they don't need them.

Freud and his nephew pioneered the concept.
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[MMcCraryNJ]

Sorry you don't announce something a month before it is ready to be sold, plain and simple. At least apple does that right...

Apple does it right huh? So in a perfect world, the new Nexus would be:

1. Delayed 4-6 months from usual annual calendar launch timeframe with nary a word from Google
2. In that same time frame, let loads of speculation and false reports by big name tech websites (CNET, BGR, etc) go unanswered
3. Leave the hype train unchecked and have basically everyone and their mother think the next major variation of your product is coming up
4. Announce and then have a 3 hour press event where only a slightly updated device is shown, having people think that you will pull a "Oh, and one more thing..." moment at the end, only to say, "Yep, well, that's pretty much it.....Um, you guys can leave now, press event is over."

Yep, sounds like the perfect device launch scenario. Not trying to rag on you or anything dude, but the i4s release, and the 4-5 months before it was announced, was an absolute disaster for Apple. NOBODY wanted the i4s. Everybody wanted the 5 due to the intense levels of speculation cause by their delay.

 

[bphelminski]

Apple does it right huh? So in a perfect world, the new Nexus would be:

1. Delayed 4-6 months from usual annual calendar launch timeframe with nary a word from Google
2. In that same time frame, let loads of speculation and false reports by big name tech websites (CNET, BGR, etc) go unanswered
3. Leave the hype train unchecked and have basically everyone and their mother think the next major variation of your product is coming up
4. Announce and then have a 3 hour press event where only a slightly updated device is shown, having people think that you will pull a "Oh, and one more thing..." moment at the end, only to say, "Yep, well, that's pretty much it.....Um, you guys can leave now, press event is over."

Yep, sounds like the perfect device launch scenario. Not trying to rag on you or anything dude, but the i4s release, and the 4-5 months before it was announced, was an absolute disaster for Apple. NOBODY wanted the i4s. Everybody wanted the 5 due to the intense levels of speculation cause by their delay.

I agree with a lot of what you wrote, but to call it a disaster is exaggerating a ton. Apple sold more than 4 million of the 4S in the first weekend. That's the most ever in an opening weekend. Hardly a disaster.

Just sayin...

 

[Premium1]

Apple does it right huh? So in a perfect world, the new Nexus would be:

1. Delayed 4-6 months from usual annual calendar launch timeframe with nary a word from Google
2. In that same time frame, let loads of speculation and false reports by big name tech websites (CNET, BGR, etc) go unanswered
3. Leave the hype train unchecked and have basically everyone and their mother think the next major variation of your product is coming up
4. Announce and then have a 3 hour press event where only a slightly updated device is shown, having people think that you will pull a "Oh, and one more thing..." moment at the end, only to say, "Yep, well, that's pretty much it.....Um, you guys can leave now, press event is over."

Yep, sounds like the perfect device launch scenario. Not trying to rag on you or anything dude, but the i4s release, and the 4-5 months before it was announced, was an absolute disaster for Apple. NOBODY wanted the i4s. Everybody wanted the 5 due to the intense levels of speculation cause by their delay.

And this since the nexus was announced to now is any different? How is it apple's fault they did not say anything sort of how verizon is doing the same thing? Sorry your points are moot since for one you do not know if apple changed it's schedule not to mention it was 3 months not 5 like you said. And nobody wanted it? They sold some 4 million plus in the first weekend. But yeah nobody wanted it...

 

[anon(512898)]

Yep, sounds like the perfect device launch scenario. Not trying to rag on you or anything dude, but the i4s release, and the 4-5 months before it was announced, was an absolute disaster for Apple. NOBODY wanted the i4s. Everybody wanted the 5 due to the intense levels of speculation cause by their delay.

Every manufacturer out there wishes they had a device that is as big of a "disaster" as the 4s

 

[crzycrkr]

The difference is the iPhone sells because it has a fruit on the back. It could be the biggest POS ever and delayed for a year and it will sell record numbers.

 

[bphelminski]

The difference is the iPhone sells because it has a fruit on the back. It could be the biggest POS ever and delayed for a year and it will sell record numbers.

Irrelevant. The launch was described as a disaster, when in reality it is the most successful launch in history.

The bottom line is sales. Regardless of what product you talk about, the goal is to sell as many as possible. Apple succeeded in doing exactly that.

I will agree that had they launched a redesign they may have sold even more. But regardless, the launch was hardly a disaster.

 

[anon(512898)]

Well from a hardware perspective the 4s is pretty good, the A5 SoC beats anything currently in the android world when it comes to gpu power, even if the cpu isn't clocked as high, the 512mb of RAM seems low to android users, ios manages memory differently then android and doesn't really need more than 512mb for now. The camera is amazing and the screen is the same high-ppi ips screen on the iphone 4 that is still one of the best displays on the market. The only legitimate deficiency with the 4s (hardware wise) is the lack of a 4g radio.

Apple fans are just pissed that Apple kept the same design (how will people know I have the newest iphone if it looks the same as the old one?)

The funny thing is that while you knock it and say the apple logo is the only reason it sells, if it did not have an apple logo most of you would call it a great device.

 

[crzycrkr]

Irrelevant. The launch was described as a disaster, when in reality it is the most successful launch in history.

The bottom line is sales. Regardless of what product you talk about, the goal is to sell as many as possible. Apple succeeded in doing exactly that.

I will agree that had they launched a redesign they may have sold even more. But regardless, the launch was hardly a disaster.

I agree the bottom line is sales. I'm not really arguing with you, I was just throwing a statement out there that needs to be considered. The rules are not the same for the iPhone. The launch could be considered a disaster, and yet still have the best sales ever. So could the GN launch, although a few having hissy fits hardly justifies calling this situation a disaster